##### 24.4.4.5 Using alternate character formats for menu cascades

Because the DITA <menucascade> element allows only <uicontrol> as content, text is excluded; you cannot use spaces, or any other character outside the <uicontrol> format, as separators.

The workaround is to create two character formats; for example, mc1 and mc2; and apply them alternately to <uicontrol> elements when those elements are in a <menucascade>. You would map both formats to <uicontrol>:

    [DITACharTags]
    mc* = uicontrol

And indicate that the elements mapped from both formats must be in a <menucascade>:

    [DITAParents]
    mc* = menucascade

See §24.5.2 Designating DITA ancestor elements.

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Sibling Topics:

24.4.4.1 Assigning DITA elements to character formats

24.4.4.2 Including typographic elements in addition to mapped formats

24.4.4.3 Specifying a default element for unmapped character formats

24.4.4.4 Overriding element mapping for character formats